If no other consideration had convinced me of the value of the Christian life, the Christ like work which the Church of all denominations in America has done during the last 35 years for the elevation of the black man would have made me a Christian.

I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your 'civilization'.

A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.

The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done.